Corinne Elizabeth Meadors (Corinne Elizabeth Paquin) - was born in the fishing city of New Bedford, Massachusetts to Pierre A. Paquin, a high school language teacher, audio engineer and radio announcer and Leslie Jane Nekuda, a trained classical singer and actress. She is the second oldest of five siblings.
Corinne's first on stage performance came at the age of eight in a community theater production of The King and I, a production that both of Corinne's parents co-directed. At the encouragement of her parents, Corinne performed in several on stage productions and choirs in elementary and junior high school. Corinne attended New Bedford High School, where she went on to perform leading roles in several musicals as well as solos in choral concerts. During this time in high school, the drama club won the Moss Hart Award for their production of Annie where Corinne played the role of "Lily St. Regis." Also during this time, Corinne competed and was accepted into the Massachusetts All-State Music Festival.
Corinne attended Bridgewater State College where she studied musical theater and acting, and started formal vocal training with Leslie Goldberg. She also toured with Bridgewater State's Concert Chorale select choir under the direction of Dr. Jake Liberles. With a desire to focus on music and art, Corinne transferred to the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, where she studied vocal performance as a soprano with Grammy-nominated tenor Jon Humphrey and pursued a BA in Art History where she graduated Cum Laude. While home from college for the summer seasons, she performed regularly at the Marion Art Center Theater in Marion, MA.
After university, Corinne moved to the Boston suburb of Milton, MA and worked in an art gallery in Faneuil Hall Marketplace. She continued to study acting, took up modeling part time, and developed an interest in running. In 1995, Corinne moved to Hoboken, NJ to manage a clothing boutique in Manhattan and attend auditions (film and TV) and work in theater part time. On the weekends, she studied acting at Herbert Bergdorf Studio in Greenwich Village. After appearing as an extra in several independent films, Corinne's first leading film role was that of Virginia Muerte, a physically and emotionally abused sister to a drug dealer in the 1998 film "Scattered Limbs of the Dead Poet".
In 1998, Corinne relocated to Cape Cod, MA and continued to audition and appear in non-union commercials and industrials. As an actor, Corinne appeared on the FOX New England broadcast of "Think Twice, It's Your Life" campaign in the music video "I Don't Have To Say Goodbye" (1999). In 2000, Corinne joined Cape Cod Opera Company and continued to develop her voice with director and instructor Tom Vasil. She also worked as a recitalist, soloist and voice teacher.
In the wake of 9/11, Corinne toured the Czech Republic, Hungary and Austria where she appeared as a soloist with the ensemble Virtuosi Pragenses and the Chatham Chorale of Cape Cod. She made a concerted effort to visit the grave sites of some of her favorite composers: Dvorak, Smetana, Brahms, Beethoven and Schubert, and the historic residences of Mozart and Haydn.
In 2003, Corinne moved to San Francisco, where she joined San Francisco Lyric Opera Company and worked at the Legion of Honor Museum (San Francisco). In 2004, she worked full time as a sales representative for a bio-tech company where she met her husband Drew. Corinne also continued to study classical voice with instructor and vocal coach, Dr. Jay Pierson.
In 2006, Corinne and her husband moved to the historic "gold rush" city of Folsom, CA where she continued to further develop and expand her classical repertoire. She joined Vox Musica, a women's vocal ensemble based out of Sacramento. After giving birth to her two children, Lucian and Camille, she returned to her great passion, acting. She also rekindled her interest in running and covers the 5k to 50 mile Ultra Marathons distances and runs competitively with Fleet Feet Sports out of Roseville/Fair Oaks, CA.
In 2014, Corinne became in-house Production Designer for Frogcatcher Films.